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Mafe Carrascal Rojas stated that she would continue on the streets defending citizens' rights and would show her credentials, as she believed her duty as a member of the Chamber was to represent the people and not remain in an office. She said she prioritized dialogue, but that did not mean remaining silent in the face of abuses or failing to demand explanations for reports of disproportionate actions by the Public Force against protesters. Carrascal maintained that she would defend the right of young people to express themselves and protest, and that she would not abandon those exercising those rights. She also noted that fulfilling the authorities' duty meant protecting rights and acting within the bounds of the Constitution and the law, not using weapons against the population. The representative affirmed that she would continue to raise her voice and questioned recent attempts to portray all mobilizations as violent. She added that one should not generalize or stigmatize those who protested peacefully, that no decree could supersede the Constitution, and that any possible abuse by the authorities should be investigated. She argued that social protest was not a crime and that defending that right was part of her responsibility. #DerechosHumanos #ProtestaPacífica #LibertadesCivil (translated)

Demonstrating is a right. Meloni has thanked the police for their actions and defended the right of citizens to enjoy their cities without fear of suffering vandalism, emphasizing that "demonstrating is a right" but "setting our cities on fire is not." #ProtestasItalia #CosteDeLaVida #ViolenciaUrbanas (translated)

Pedro Sánchez appeared at a rally in Fuenlabrada, where, accompanied by his wife Begoña Gómez, he received a warm ovation from the audience as he showed his affection for her and criticized investment funds that speculate on citizens' rights. #PedroSánchez #PSOE #Fuenlabrada (translated)

Chema Garrido argued that the left should always resort to primary elections and let the citizens resolve disputes among their leaders. He also defended that the candidates from Andalusia, Catalonia, and the Basque Country should not be elected in Madrid, but rather by those who vote in each territory. #Primarias #Izquierda #Democracia (translated)

"She has a good relationship and influence with Podemos; surely in these hours she can contribute and encourage a leftist candidacy which, I insist, is what the citizens are asking of us." In an event in Zaragoza, the candidate of the Broad Front, Ada Colau, has asked the spokesperson of ERC in Congress, Gabriel Rufián, not to give up. #EleccionesGenerales #FrenteAmplio #Podemos (translated)

I thought I could bend the arms of the parties' leaders and drag them toward a common sense, but I have not been able to. The spokesperson for Esquerra Republicana (ERC) in Congress and candidate for Barcelona, Gabriel Rufián, has personally assumed the "failure" of the left to reach a united agreement and has apologized to the citizens for the "dantesque spectacle" and the "vaudeville" that, in his opinion, they have starred in. #UnidadIzquierda #GabrielRufián #EleccionesGenerales (translated)

Gabriel Rufián, spokesperson for ERC, recognizes his failure to achieve unity among the left and apologizes to the public for the current situation, urging parties to avoid confrontations in the upcoming electoral campaign. #UnidadIzquierda #GabrielRufián #EleccionesGenerales (translated)

Donald Trump intensifies his persecution against Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar, accused of alleged falsity in her citizenship application, by ordering a search of her home and threatening to revoke her nationality, which her team calls an outrageous abuse of power. #IlhanOmar #Trump #DerechosHumanos (translated)

The Government, ladies and gentlemen, has nothing to hide in this matter; so much so that I have ordered the publication of a dossier with all the reports, all of them, so that the media and the public can examine them for themselves. Therefore, absolute transparency and publicity of all documents so that the truth about this issue is known exactly. #Ceuta #SeguridadNacional #Marruecos (translated)

Iván Cepeda Castro stated that the measures of terror and persecution attributed to Abelardo De la Espriella would not intimidate the citizens. He asserted that that day a mass mobilization had begun that no one could stop and said they would defeat what he called De la Espriella's despotic regime. #Protesta #DerechosHumanos #Libertad (translated)

David Rozo questioned Vicky Dávila for publishing, as he said, a photo of Plaza de Bolívar at 1:27 p.m. when only a few demonstrators were just starting to arrive in the rain. He asked her to show images from the moment of highest attendance and claimed that the plaza was full. He also accused Dávila of trying to present the march as empty using images from before the peak attendance. Rozo maintained that citizens were still filling the streets and pointed out that the crowd was chanting slogans against Abelardo, including an insult, and saying that the people were not "overwhelmed." #PlazaDeBolívar #Marcha #Protesta (translated)

Jennifer Pedraza Sandoval asked what the public force was doing with rifles in the streets and on the roofs of Congress while people were protesting, and who had ordered the deployment and with what justification. She said that Abelardo should respond and described it as very serious that those exercising their right to protest encountered armed men. She also maintained that peaceful protest should not be treated like a war and that a democratic government could not respond with armed intimidation to its citizens. #ProtestaPacífica #DerechosHumanos #Democracia (translated)

Oksana Brovko, director of the Independent Journalists Association of Ukraine, emphasizes the crucial work of the media in her country to provide vital information that helps citizens survive amidst the war, highlighting that information has become a matter of life or death. #PeriodismoIndependiente #Ucrania #Resiliencia (translated)

Iván Cepeda Castro announced that he would participate in a peaceful mobilization against Abelardo de la Espriella and his government that day. He claimed that the government had issued decree 1525 of 2026 the day before as part of a strategy of intimidation and with the purpose of repressing social protest. According to Cepeda, the protocol had not been consulted with the public or with social organizations, unlike the one, he said, that was in effect during the government of the Historical Pact led by Gustavo Petro. Cepeda argued that De la Espriella's protocol expanded the use of force, restricted police dialogue, and could facilitate the criminalization of those participating in peaceful mobilizations. He recalled that, between 2019 and 2021, the intervention of ESMAD had left young people injured and killed. He also stated that during Petro's four years in government, dialogue and the guarantee of protest prevailed, and that there were no young people killed by police gunfire, false positives, or eye injuries caused by gas canisters. The senator accused De la Espriella of wanting to return to past practices and said that the mobilization would be massive and determined. He added that they would not allow what he described as the arbitrariness of an authoritarian regime, nor, as he expressed, would they allow De la Espriella to destroy rights, democracy, and life. #ProtestaPacífica #DerechosHumanos #MovilizaciónSocial (translated)